“At first, I tried not to be gay. But due to the variety of factors I have already explained, my sexual desires were directed toward men. My decision to act on this was, of course, a choice, but without being indwell by the Holy Spirit, that choice seemed uncontrollable. In other words, it felt completely natural for me to pursue sexual relations with men. As the American poet Emily Dickinson put it, “The heart wants what it wants.”
Source: A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
“If we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice of sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.”
Source: A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
“God created the universe; he can heal sexual brokenness in an instant. But sometimes he allows various struggles to persist, because we are being sanctified. These struggles force us to press into him more and more and depend on his grace to get us “from one degree of glory to another.”
Source: A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
“Somewhere in the last decade, “I disagree with you” came to mean “I hate you.”
Source: A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
“The most dangerous part of this is that if homosexuality is no longer regarded as a sin, then why would anyone need to repent of it? And if there is no repentance, of course, there is no salvation.”
Source: A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
“Everyone has a past, but Jesus is sanctifying our present.”
Source: A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
“My motivation for writing this book is not to win a debate. It is not so I could be right and you wrong. More than anything, my hope is that you will come away with a better understanding of this complex issue, from every angle, so you can make informed choices that affect eternity”
Source: A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption
“Too often charity is about the redemption of the giver, not the liberation of the receiver. (Said to José Andrés by Robert Eggers)”
Source: We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time
“God’s not done with you yet, even if you haven’t let Him begin.”
“Without the redeemer, there is no redemption.”